Topoclimate contrasts in the urban and periurban areas of Mangualde (Portugal) – The therhygrometer and the wind field

Abstract

The local climate is not always adequately considered in urban planning, may be particularly important in cities, although not large, are located in a context of very rugged topography does not, as is the case of Mangualde (Portugal). In this sense, we have made itinerant observations of temperature, relative humidity and wind speed and direction, comprising a set of 49 local urban and suburban Mangualde, carefully selected according to factors such as topography and the type and characteristics of land use. The results show thermohygrometer and wind fields with significant spatial contrasts of climate variables. In this paper we analyze the two situations, one in summer and one in winter, the set of observations, in which the spatial distribution of climatic variables showed the highest local contrasts.